Director, Sales Activation

The Global Sales Activation team within Visa’s Value-Added Services (VAS) unit improves sales efficiencies and powers pipeline and revenue growth through the delivery of simplified, relevant, and modular sales materials designed to make it easier to sell VAS solutions. In partnership with Go-to-Market leads in the region, the Director of Global Sales Activation will be responsible for overseeing the localization and activation of these materials in the Europe  (EU) and Central Europe/Middle East/ Africa (CEMEA) regions, The Director will report to the Senior Director of Sales Activation and will interface directly with our stakeholders to understand the unique market needs, trends and challenges and will proactively work to ensure localized knowledge gets infused into the materials to deliver greater impact. The position requires a seasoned professional with a broad, well-rounded set of skills, an elevated level of energy, flexibility, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment. They will feel empowered to challenge the status quo, and be comfortable leveraging data paired with seller feedback to pivot quickly and enact changes where needed. And with a strong bias for action, our candidate will be required to exercise diplomatic duties, advocating for regional needs while balancing those of the business to execute these strategic sales motions. Success in this position will result in the wholesale enablement of our teams with access to world class materials to help us differentiate Visa with our diverse customer base. Our sales teams will be bursting with gratitude as this individual will drastically decrease their non-selling time and make it unanimously easier to sell our solutions! Our team is seeking an individual who actively embodies Visa’s leadership principles in being an empathetic leader, acting decisively, obsessing about clients, and leading by example.  This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.This role can be located in either Miami, Atlanta or Washington DC.